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  1. I think the character's history is misunderstood. Doc Buzzsaw was male. Then one day he absent-mindedly scratched one of those, you know, guy itches, and, uh, oops...
  2. I dunno, one of the most gorgeous, deeply romantic films ever made would be hard to top. As for the original stories... sorry, Mark Twain's review says it all. "For he, too, was a Cooper Indian."
  3. I think Cameron should remake both Avatar films, Because there were so many microscopic details he didn't get right the first time around.
  4. Just gotta add that, while it's not an Oscar contender and could have had a much stronger story and plot line, I think most of the review/er/s are completely off-target. It's just not the movie they wanted/expected, so it's crap. Got it. And, to be fair, GotG stole a lot of its thunder and Deadzine/Wolverpool is really bad competition to be up against.
  5. Yes, I of course avoided any reviews but the headlines have been peppering the feed. So, having seen it in my own private IMAX showing (okay, there was one woman as well, a bit older than me, even) — It's not going to win any Oscars. And I can see why "movie reviewers" had their hate aroused. But coming at it as a fan of the games, not bringing in any towering expectations, and letting it be what it was... game fans will find it worth seeing. It's balls-out violent the way the games are and the trailers weren't, although I don't think I saw a drop of actual blood. (Thankya PG-13.) My real fear was that Kevin Hart was gross miscasting, but he did a competent job as the Roland we expect. It feels a bit too tight, like 15 minutes of "smoothing and flow" were cut; there are some characters and cast in IMDb that don't show up. I'll put further comments in a mild spoiler frame; none of these will ruin the movie but if you're going to catch it in the cheap seats next week, you might want to avoid even these small reveals. And just so's you know, I killed 15 minutes of my life to let you know there is no credits scene other than a brief and immediate one. So unless you're turned on by a wall of Hungarian names, you can leave after the art credits. Another semi-spoiler:
  6. I think that's one of the things going against it — too many in the general audience (not gamers or fans) are going to see it as some kind of turned-up-to-11 take on GotG, despite the whole Borderlands whoopie-cushion violence take being much older. Oh, well, find out in another half day or so. First IMAX showing on Thursday.
  7. Yes, Bermuda simply isn't where most people think it is — way the hell out from any other land and much further north. Always good for bar bets and the like. I like the idea that the Rogue Isles are those underwater mounts in a different universe.
  8. Only if it comes with the Banana Peel AoE attack. I love it when YT'ers rediscover things like basic physics. Preferably with a really good faceplant involved.
  9. The only other game I play, and have played for a long time, is the Borderlands franchise. (It was a recommended substitute when CoX went into the black hole.) I haven't bought an advance ticket or bothered with an opening weekend of something in many years, but my reserve seat, middle of the IMAX auditorium, 3pm showing on August 8, is purchased. All I can say is "hoping for the best, will be satisfied with pretty good, won't shed a tear if it's a tanker." And hope that one really disturbing line in the new trailer is... out of context.
  10. I in no way disagree, but every time I turn around someone is going on and on about running ______ on an ARM system, and complaining because the x86 emulation isn't perfect, and so forth. I think it's more significant than the hoopla about RISC a few years back, or even x86 emulation on Mac and Linux, because things are moving relentlessly to mobile devices, and I deal every day with people stomping their foot and complaining because apps like InDesign don't run on their iPad. (That the ideas is somewhere between flawed and absurd... well, never mind.) So yes, ARM is muscling in, for good, bad or indifferent, and it's still a bad time to give the movement fuel by having critical flaws in a CPU lineup.
  11. Well, true, but if the overall market tilts to AMD for a stretch, it's billions out of Intel's pocket. One or the other has been "better" in any given stretch, as you know if you've been around a while, and sometimes it's a matter of "worser." Add in that ARM chips are starting to muscle in to the larger "computer" market and it's not a good time for Intel to have a major CPU flaw, llike the 2+2=5 Pentium.
  12. I don't see any big difference in Laser Beam Eyes. Am I just blinded by the light?
  13. As a writer, editor, and publisher from a family of educators, it makes me weep that if someone knows one (1) grammar rule, it's that one.
  14. Although it occurs to me that unlike most on/off powers, you don't really want Fly to stop when you do, nor necessarily be bound to movement keys. And the need to move around on footsies means auto-activation of Fly wouldn't be a great thing. I have a Logi mouse (okay, trackball) with two extra top keys. I bind "Go" to the slightly less convenient one, and "Stop" to the easier one. Works extremely well with all forms of Fly as well as SJ, and even the super speed powers. Keeps the travel power separated from regular movmement but "fly forward fast now" is one click away, and I can stick the landing every time. BUTTON4 "emote flypose1$$autorun 1$$+up$$powexectoggleon Mystic Flight" BUTTON5 "autorun 0$$up 0$$powexectoggleoff Mystic Flight" The use of ++up is problematic because the command parser has, for several releases now, latched it on. You have to tap a cancel key (SPACE for me) to stop rising. But I find the little jump at the beginning helps keep from getting caught on walls, hedges etc. and it's convenient to rise for a while, usually.
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